Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-26
THE FIRST HEAT.
The First Ballot a General Surprise,
Maxey Runs Ahead in the Senate
to Fall Behind in the House.
Reagsn's Strength Surprise Even to.
His Admirers-TPrrelI Also Ex-
ceeds His Estimate.
Irelands Vote Below the Estimate Con
coded by His Opponeuts-Ths Nom
mating Speeches.
A COMPLIMENT TIC. tAxEY.

! Special to the Gazette.
/ AUSTIN, Ten, Jan. 25.-The first vote
for United States Senator was surprise
| to those even who had studied the situs-
ton in all its bearings and were prepared,
having no preference in the matter, to
figure out S result based on cold facts as
near as they could be ascertained. Maxey
surprised his most sanguine supporters in
the Senate, that body having given him
fourteen votes, and yet when the total
vote Of the two houses had been counted
he was ten short of the number confident
ly claimed by his friends. The vote cast
by the Senate was q h Oh compliment to
Senator Maxey, since only three more
would have given him ma IOrity of that
body.
REAGAN'S STRENGTH.
Reagan showed more strength on the
first ballot than his most ardent admirers
ever openly claimed for him, and when
he came through second best with seven
votes to spare, the few doubling
Thomases in the ranks of his supporters
caught the enthusiasm that moved to ac-
ton their more Jealous coworkers, and
tonight they are
ALIVE WITH AWAKENED INTEREST
and bouyant with hope of an early vic
tory. Reagan's support, it was under
stood. would come from the unjn-
structed, untrammeled element of both
houses on theSfrst ballot and that his
real strength would be developed after
the complimentary voting was over and
the two houses In joint session had settled
down to business.
TERRELL'S STRENGTH.
Terrell showed greater strength for MIN
than was expected on the first ballot,
and the proportion, six in the Senate and
twenty in the House, is greatly in his
favor. His estimated strength by the
most liberal of disinterested calculators
was placed at twenty-three, but he passed
these figures and came up to the limit
named by his friends That Terrell is in
position to gain strength no one dis
putes, and Terrell men are by no means
discouraged.
IRELAND'S STRENGTH.
Governor Ireland's vote was the most
surprising of any received, ana fell away
below the estimate conceded by his op-
ponents. Unless he is the second
any one can at present reason
deed a hopeless one, and the faithful serv-
ice of his friends of no avail. For run
ner who has been so carefully groomed
his record in the first heat was disap-
pointing, and may have the effect OF
changing the pools before the race is de-
cided.
SENATOR HOUSTON'S SPEECH.
The following are extracts from Sena-
fnr 10 - in
ing Senator S. B. Maxey: For the fifth
time since the chains of federal despotlsm
fell from her peerless form, Texas has
come to claim her Hottest right, to name
her choice for the national Senate. For
the thizd time Texas has risen TO Judge
the worth of the great man whose name
have the honor to place before you. Texas
de ands man whose intellect is COM
mensurate with the vast trust imposed
upon him and whose name is a stranger
70 reproach. To fulfill this high mission
the man we send should unite every
quality of worth and blend all the essen
tails of merit proved by trials. | will
name sucn man, great in mind,
pure in heart, whose truth has
been tried where shears are
tried, and his works have known him.
mean Sam Bell Maxey, chastened by
the fires of two wars and true to every
trust. When he entered the Federal Sen
ate there wa gathered there the bright
est constellation of genius and talent
within the Republican party, and al
though almost the only Senator from g
state, in hopeless minority
and beleaguered by the ny rmidons of
hate, the man of whom | speak did not
quail. He had fought for his country's
rights on the cresis of Caepultepec and
with the same courage ne battied for
them i'll the arena of the National Senate,
and at the battles close his sword
knew no stail, and now
free south and united nation
answer his trusts. In twelve long
yeIrs his record is fawless aud not a
dut unperformed. Meier did the knight
lest crusader on the far sands of the
Orient bare his bright blade or place his
good lance in rest with deeper fervor or
nolier faith than has this man fought the
battles OF Texas; and in weighing aim the
third time in the balance, Why should he
be found wanting row and never
ce'oIe? What reason is given! Is
single vote of his Objectionable? No.
Has he OF all the thousand trusts cOnfded
to him neglected one? No. Is he in any
wise unworthy? No. Reason should
hang her heaC in shame ct the suggestion
preferred - because ne hiss had
TWO terms. the very cause which
enhances his fitness is quoted for
MS displacement. Who ever before
D. ard Of experience impairiDg or of sue
cess disqua;ifying public servant? WHAT
will you give then
to the youth for faithful per-
iormance OF duty? To heed this
objection would be Athenian ingrati-
Jude and sacrlege which l hope will
never sully the fair fame OF Texas. Were
such doctrine correct the victory OF
would have removed Lee
rom Charlottesville, whose GROWING
slories would not now be all around his
brow, ana Lord Nelson, because he won
.he Nile, would not have known Trafal-
gar and died amid the deep thunders
Of his mightiest victory. After twelve